Humanitix opens UK office in Edinburgh with announcement of £500,000 annual prize for UK social enterprises and charities, and promise of focus on events accessibility for people with disabilities
As Big Issue Invest celebrates achieving £100m of social investments during its first 20 years, executive chair Mark Porter reflects on the UK social investor’s journey so far and the challenges that lie ahead.
As Convergence publishes figures showing the blended finance market held strong in 2024, it predicts that US-led international assistance budget cuts will put smaller, high-impact deals most at risk.
IMPACT 101: Cooperatives are big business: more than 1bn people are cooperative members, and the top 300 cooperatives and mutuals turn over more than US$2tn. But how do these entities work, and what are their benefits and drawbacks?
Zoona, the first tech startup in Zambia to be backed by international investors, aims to give people without bank accounts, approximately 80% of the population, access to finance. Meet the CEO driving towards scale.
In a world of diminishing resources and intensifying social problems, social impact is a vital consideration for all businesses. Dr. Seuss warns us we're lagging.
Helen Trevaskis contemplates an uncomfortable question: when pennies are few and far between, should she be guiding them towards buying her organisation's product?
The Myners report should set the Co-operative Group on the road to recovery. But prickly issues abound. "It's longer term survival if it fails to grasp these nettles is much bleaker," says Dave Boyle adviser for the co-operative enterprise hub.
Some of Timpson's top employees have done time. Sophie Hudson speaks to Dennis Phillips, welfare manager and ambassador for the Timpson Foundation and finds that Timpsons is growing a high performing team and shrinking re-offending at the same time.
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